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now, introducing women into that environment can be really traumtic and humiliating. and combat's already difficult enough. you don't need to add this other layer. >> congress wam tulsi gabbard of hawaii, also an iraqi war vet, had news for mr. smith. >> well, ryan, i respect you and thank you for your service. i've been honored to serve with many women who've already operated under these circumstances. this is not something new. some of the things that you've described are things that i and friends of mine and people that i've served with have already experienced. >> joining us tonight, goldie taylor, msnbc contributor, managing editor of the goldie taylor project and former marine. goldie, thank you for your time tonight. your response to some of the rhetoric you just heard. >> i frankly just find it astounding. you know, women have been serving in our armed forces and in military operations around the world for decades. the fact is we're doing the job. we're helicopter pilots. we're marine corps, you know, military police officers. we're military intelligence offic
now, introducing women into that environment can be really traumtic and humiliating. and combat's already difficult enough. you don't need to add this other layer. >> congress wam tulsi gabbard of hawaii, also an iraqi war vet, had news for mr. smith. >> well, ryan, i respect you and thank you for your service. i've been honored to serve with many women who've already operated under these circumstances. this is not something new. some of the things that you've described are things...
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how do you make constructive policy in that kind of environment? people support the policy until they hear who else supports it and then they think they might be against it. how do you make policy like that? well, today the senator who got the assault weapons ban passed in 1994, which was also a time that nobody said it could happen, that senator came forward again and said she would do it again this year. california senator dianne feinstein, who herself became mayor of san francisco because the serving mayor of san francisco at the time was shot to death, senator feinstein today at this press conference made her case. >> today my colleagues and i are introducing a bill to prohibit the sale, transfer, manufacture, and importation of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices that can accept more than ten rounds. we have tried to recognize legal hunting rights. we have tried to recognize legal defense rights. we have tried to recognize the rieft a citizen to legally possess a weapon. no weapon is taken from anyone. the purpose is
how do you make constructive policy in that kind of environment? people support the policy until they hear who else supports it and then they think they might be against it. how do you make policy like that? well, today the senator who got the assault weapons ban passed in 1994, which was also a time that nobody said it could happen, that senator came forward again and said she would do it again this year. california senator dianne feinstein, who herself became mayor of san francisco because...
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kind of getting to talking about culture environment. compare the air force to other services and you talk about environment, how much of it -- have either of you ran the numbers or seen any numbers? how much of this people who will are comfortable in their situation and created a bad environment instead of having changeover and holding people accountable more often than not? general rice, do you see where i'm going with that? >> let me tans question, if i don't answer it fully please re-ask it. i agree having people in an environment that can be as challenging as basic military training for too long a period of time exposes them to, i think, issues and challenges that could be kerr row civil over time. we have to watch how long we allow people to serve in these situations. we're going to restrict the amount of time how long you could serve as an instructor it is going to be three years, it used to be four years. we're going to divide the duty day so you will not have contact with trainees. it is a way of getting at this issue of exposur
kind of getting to talking about culture environment. compare the air force to other services and you talk about environment, how much of it -- have either of you ran the numbers or seen any numbers? how much of this people who will are comfortable in their situation and created a bad environment instead of having changeover and holding people accountable more often than not? general rice, do you see where i'm going with that? >> let me tans question, if i don't answer it fully please...
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it is a different environment that requires a different level of physical stamina. we want to make sure we get the standards right. we don't want to over engineer them either, they ought to be fair. then we allow individuals of any sex to compete for the position. >> is it just physical standards? >> no, it not just physical standards. the standards we have for occupational -- for these military occupations or the military calls them ratings they including the from mental standards to physical standards. but physical standards are the one that people focus on. >> what about privacy? >> we can fix out privacy. -- we can figure out privacy. we figured that out right from the start. by the way, desert shield, desert storm 1991 h we did live in that environment where we were somewhat in the zests and we figured out privacy. -- we were somewhat nomadic and we figured out privacy. we can do that. >> the fact is, women are now in the ranks and that was the concern of the time. but we've been able to adapt to that situation. women are fighter pilots, air force, navy, have m
it is a different environment that requires a different level of physical stamina. we want to make sure we get the standards right. we don't want to over engineer them either, they ought to be fair. then we allow individuals of any sex to compete for the position. >> is it just physical standards? >> no, it not just physical standards. the standards we have for occupational -- for these military occupations or the military calls them ratings they including the from mental standards...
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something else, i think that disparity begins to establish a psychology that in some cases led to that environment. i have to believe that the more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally. host: from yesterday's news conference at the pentagon, and our entire programming is on c- span.org -- we welcome our radio listeners as well. there was this from robert -- this was based on the clip we just showed you, from the army officer from the marine corps. we will go to robert from north carolina, a democrat. caller: i am a combat veteran of korea and vietnam. i will cut it short. they were talking about the all volunteer army. there were trying to get women into the ranks. my sister -- [indiscernible] one thing i found out, what we went through in vietnam and korea, it was for men and went -- and men only. yes, they served in different areas such as the medical field, but in combat, no. host: ok, thank you for the call. the story inside the new york times -- there are similar stories around the country. -- a couple of points -- back to your calls. jesse in musk
something else, i think that disparity begins to establish a psychology that in some cases led to that environment. i have to believe that the more we can treat people equally, the more likely they are to treat each other equally. host: from yesterday's news conference at the pentagon, and our entire programming is on c- span.org -- we welcome our radio listeners as well. there was this from robert -- this was based on the clip we just showed you, from the army officer from the marine corps. we...
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if you go back the early conservationists, we called them, them, about of the word "environment," you know, were republicans. and teddy roosevelt being the classic one with gifford pincheaux, his interior secretary. and he established the first national park, i believe. right? >> yes, sir. >> bill: and on from there. so if it's so important, why didn't president obama do anything about it in the first four years? >> he had a tough time. he tried to go the legislative route. we got some good legislative comprehensive climate and energy legislation through the house but it didn't get through the senate. so, what the president did do was, he went after the 30% of car body shop pollution. of course, the sorts of our xlooiment problems right now. he we want after the 30% of that in our motor vehicles. so we are going to double, under an agreement that the white house reached with car makers we will double our gas mileage to cut that carbon footprint in half. what he has a great opportunity to do right now, historic opportunity, is to go after the 40% of the carbon pollution that comes from
if you go back the early conservationists, we called them, them, about of the word "environment," you know, were republicans. and teddy roosevelt being the classic one with gifford pincheaux, his interior secretary. and he established the first national park, i believe. right? >> yes, sir. >> bill: and on from there. so if it's so important, why didn't president obama do anything about it in the first four years? >> he had a tough time. he tried to go the legislative...
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by the way, desert storm, desert shield 1991, we did live in that kind of environment where we were essentially somewhat nomadic in saudi arabia eventually iraq we figured out privacy. >> the fact is that was one of the concerns at the time, but the fact is that they have rejiggered to be able to adapt to that kind of situation. women are fighter pilots now. so air force, navy has lived in that direction. the marines and the army obviously you're going to live in the same direction. there will have to be some adjustments in some situations, but again, based on the experience we already have, i think we can meet those challenges. [inaudible] it sounds like there may be certain combat operational soirÉes that women might be excluded from still appear but would be the reasons for that? what sorts of operations? >> requirements for a spectrum conflict, not just counterinsurgency, we really need to have standards that apply for a period importantly if we do decide a particular standard is so high that woman couldn't make it, the burden is now on the service to explain why is it that high? with the
by the way, desert storm, desert shield 1991, we did live in that kind of environment where we were essentially somewhat nomadic in saudi arabia eventually iraq we figured out privacy. >> the fact is that was one of the concerns at the time, but the fact is that they have rejiggered to be able to adapt to that kind of situation. women are fighter pilots now. so air force, navy has lived in that direction. the marines and the army obviously you're going to live in the same direction. there...
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do you have concerns, though, about the cultural environment of the infantry based on how women have been treated so far? >> you know, i have to have some strand of faith that our leadership knows how to take this initiative forward. should women be punished or said they can't be a part of our military in certain ways just because the men would be unruly or take advantage of the women? sexual assault is a problem in our military. hands down. men are assaulted just as well as women. so it's a problem that we need to take care of universally, militarywise. >> captain vernice "flygirl" armour. i just figured out flygirl is your nickname, right? >> it is. it is. >> all right. i just want to make sure that i had that correctly. captain, we really appreciate your time and insights on this really important issue. thank you. >> i appreciate that. and with women's history month and black history month coming up, it's very timely. >> thank you again. >>> moments from now, anti-abortion advocates will gather in d.c. for the march on life. house speaker john boehner, former presidential candidat
do you have concerns, though, about the cultural environment of the infantry based on how women have been treated so far? >> you know, i have to have some strand of faith that our leadership knows how to take this initiative forward. should women be punished or said they can't be a part of our military in certain ways just because the men would be unruly or take advantage of the women? sexual assault is a problem in our military. hands down. men are assaulted just as well as women. so...
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we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪
we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪
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well, when you think about job creation, energy independence, protecting the environment, all of that is done with this route. so to me, he is at a stage where he could approve it and should approve it. again, i don't mind him taking 60 days to review it. i understand that but let's don't, we shouldn't have this go on the entire year. it is really now time for the president to act. bill: it's a lot of jobs and goes right to the heart of our energy policy as you would argue. the left considers this product dirty oil. what do you say to that? >> i say to that, look at the big picture. this is about energy independence. you know what? i've talked to young men and women who are over defending our country in the middle east because of oil. i don't want them over there for those reasons. if we reduce our dependence on middle eastern oil we'll be a lot safer in our country, economically, national kurtwise. we can move this oil relatively safely. that doesn't mean there won't be a spill. it could be localized. you can never say there won't be any spills but the report suggests it would be min
well, when you think about job creation, energy independence, protecting the environment, all of that is done with this route. so to me, he is at a stage where he could approve it and should approve it. again, i don't mind him taking 60 days to review it. i understand that but let's don't, we shouldn't have this go on the entire year. it is really now time for the president to act. bill: it's a lot of jobs and goes right to the heart of our energy policy as you would argue. the left considers...
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>> i have been very attuned to the environment in which threats are occurring, the intelligence that is available. certainly not the specific requests and decision making that rests with a security professionals. >> regarding security professionals is their anybody in the security department that is responsible for reviewing the itinerary of the ambassadors in advance to determine whether there is an undue threat to their safety? >> the general answer to that is no. ambassadors are given what is called a chief of mission of already. ambassadors, especially those that we ask to go to dangerous posts are pretty independent folks. some of them might say what do you think about this or that most of them make their own decisions. i don't think that it would have crossed his mind. robert who served as our ambassador to syria went out on numerous occasions to talk to the opposition before we pulled them out of damascus. we had coming you know, very brave ambassadors, like ryan crocker, one of our very best who it would be very difficult to say you can't do this even though you decided you s
>> i have been very attuned to the environment in which threats are occurring, the intelligence that is available. certainly not the specific requests and decision making that rests with a security professionals. >> regarding security professionals is their anybody in the security department that is responsible for reviewing the itinerary of the ambassadors in advance to determine whether there is an undue threat to their safety? >> the general answer to that is no....
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. >> there are all kinds of estrogen leaking things in the environment now. >> stephanie: right. >> like plastic bottles. >> stephanie: yeah. i don't know the androe gel seems very, very scary to me. and i love that it says don't let it get on anybody else. >> yeah your wife may grow a penis if she comes in contact with androe gel. >> stephanie: i'm afraid i'm going to grow my unibrow back. here some the sexist headlines and -- >> yep. and then sean hannity goes on the air with big graphics saying hilary unglued. first he says she didn't care. she was all fake. then she says hilary unglued. >> stephanie: yeah, it was too staged and she was unglued. >> yes, an emotionally unhinged train wreck. >> stephanie: yeah, they obviously -- you listen john to the fringes of right-wing world they were accusing her of faking a concussion and a blood clot. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and now her show of emotion was a ploy. ron johnson said i'm not sure she rehearsed for that type of question, i think she just decided she was going to describe emotionally about the death of the americans. as a way of gettin
. >> there are all kinds of estrogen leaking things in the environment now. >> stephanie: right. >> like plastic bottles. >> stephanie: yeah. i don't know the androe gel seems very, very scary to me. and i love that it says don't let it get on anybody else. >> yeah your wife may grow a penis if she comes in contact with androe gel. >> stephanie: i'm afraid i'm going to grow my unibrow back. here some the sexist headlines and -- >> yep. and then sean...